Question

Raina's fish tank has 17 liters of water in it. She plans to add 5 liters per minute until the tank has more than 52 liters.

What are the possible numbers of minutes Raina could add water?
Use t for the number of minutes.
Write your answer as an inequality solved for t.

Answer 1

Answer: 5t + 17 > 52

Explanation:

5t + 17 > 52 where t is the number of minutes so for every minute it goes up by 5 and she already had 17 liters so that is constant and never changes.

It has to be greater than 52 because it has to be more than 52.

5t + 17>52

-17 -17

5t >35

t >7